T. Thirunavukarasu

Hon.
T. Thirunavukarasu
MP
தா. திருநாவுக்கரசு
Member of Parliament
for Vaddukoddai
In office
1977–1982
Preceded byA. Thiagarajah
Succeeded byNeelan Tiruchelvam
Personal details
Born(1933-09-01)1 September 1933
Died1 August 1982(1982-08-01) (aged 48)
Political partyAll Ceylon Tamil Congress
Other political
affiliations		Tamil United Liberation Front
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu (Tamil: தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை திருநாவுக்கரசு; 1 September 1933 – 1 August 1982) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thirunavukarasu was born on 1 September 1933.[1] He was from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.[2]

Political career

At the 1970 parliamentary election, Thirunavukarasu was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Kankesanthurai, but was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.[3]

On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).[4][5][6][7] Thirunavukarasu became the TUF's joint treasurer.[2] Thirunavukarasu entered Parliament after winning the 1977 parliamentary election as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Vaddukoddai.[8]

Thirunavukarasu died of a heart attack on 1 August 1982.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Past Members: Thirunavukarasu, Thamodarampillai". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b c Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 231.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  4. ^ Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles, eds. (1990). Sri Lanka : A Country Study (PDF). Library of Congress. p. 51.
  5. ^ Chattopadhyaya, Haraprasad (1994). Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race Relations. M. D. Publications. p. 33. ISBN 81-85880-52-2.
  6. ^ Amarasinghe, Samanga (2011). Independence to Referendum. Lulu Enterprises. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-105-01908-1.
  7. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.
  9. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 August 2002.